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The Meadows School of the Arts, formally established in 1969 at SMU in Dallas, has achieved prominence as one of the foremost arts education institutions in the United States. Learn more about SMU Meadows

Meadows serves the public as a significant cultural center by presenting more than 400 events annually for the Dallas community and surrounding region. Read more about upcoming events and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, "This Week at Meadows".

Areas of Study

Rick Worland

Rick Worland

Professor

Dr. Rick Worland received his M.A. and Ph.D. in motion picture/television critical studies from UCLA. His teaching has included courses on film history, documentaries and silent cinema, as well as popular genres including Westerns, horror/science fiction, film noir, European cinema and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. His research has focused primarily on popular film and television in the Cold War period. Worland has published in various academic journals including Cinema Journal, Journal of Film & Video, Journal of Popular Film & Television and Film and History. His first book, The Horror Film: An Introduction, appeared in 2007 from Blackwell Publishing. He was the 1997-98 Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Meadows School of the Arts.

Education

Ph.D. and M.A. in Motion Picture/Television Critical Studies, UCLA

Research

American film & TV in the Cold War era, the horror genre, the Hollywood Studio era, American film in the 1960s & 1970s

Teaching

International Film History, American Film History, Film Genres (Horror, Westerns, Film Noir, etc.), History of Documentary Film, Post-WWII European Film, the Films of Alfred Hitchcock